Identifying mailing-card.



EDWIN Gr. IPICKERING, 0F MONTGOMERY OOUN TY, NEAR DAYTON, OHIO.

IDENTIFYING MAILING-CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. IO, 191i?.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. PIGKERING, a citizen of the United States, residing in the county of Montgomery, near the city of Dayton, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Identifying Mailing- Cards, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to a new and use-v ful improvement in identifying mailing cards. v

The principal object of the invention is to provide an identifying mailing card containing a separable part which may be readily and firmly attached, in either a horizontal or a vertical manner, to the coat of the addressee, for the purpose of identifying him to his fellows, particularly in social, lodge and other meetings. A fastening element is provided which is not only adapted to readily receive and firmly hold, either vertically or horizontally, the identifying part of the card to the addressees coat, but which may he easily turned vfrom view when not in use.

@ther important and incidental objects will be. brought out in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the sub1' oined claims.

The preferred form of embodiment of my invention'is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is aplan view of the card with the identifying part running transverse the same, the latter part containing a round hole in one end and in its upper middle portion a round aperture that terminates in a wide slot. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the mailing card containing an identifying part which has a round hole in one Yend and in its upper middle portion a round aperture that terminates in an extremelynarrow slot. Fig. 3 is a side view of the pin employed to fasten in a horizontal manner to the coat of the addressee. the identifying part of the card shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side view of thepin employed to fasten the identifying part of the mailing card shown in Fig. 2, in a horizontal position on the coat of the addressee. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line a--a of Fig. 3, showing the turned-over portion of the pin horizontally iattened. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line b--b of Fig. 4, showing the cranked portion of the pin vertically iattened. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a coat to the lapel of which the identifying part of the card has been attached in a horizontal manner. And Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken through said lapel, showing how the identifying part of the card is firmly held to the coat, in a. vertical position.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference characters denote corresponding parts.

In a detailed description of the preferred form of embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a United States postal card which contains two horizontally parallel lines 2 2 and two vertically parallel lines 8 3 scored, cut or lined thereon. These lines preferably form a rectangle that incloses the name of the addressee, which, in this instance, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 7, is John R. Doe.

At one end of the marked-off portion of the card shown in Fig. 1, there i's provided around hole 4, while at the top middle portion thereof there is provided a large aperture 5 which terminates in a wide slot 6 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. In the card shown in Fig. 2 the round hole 4 appears, as well as the large aperture 5, lout in this instance the latter terminates in a narrow slot 7. The aperture 5 in both cases is large enough to permit the head of a pin 8 to be passed through it.

The pin 8 is preferably an ordinary one whose shank is bent at its upper end to form a right-angled or cranked portion vwhich is adapted to project beyond the'button-hole of a coat 9 when its lower end is embedded in the fabric as shown in Fig. 8. When the pin is not in use the head thereof, which is preferably parallel with the pins embedded portion, is behind the lapel as shown iii dotted lines in Fig. 8, vthereby being concealed from view Now when it is desired to attach the identifying part of the card 1 to the coat 9, the addressee merely gives the cranked portion of the pin a half turn, which brings its head through and on the outside of the buttonhole, there to receive the round hole 4 of said identifying part if it is desired to suspend the latter in a vertical manner. rIo accomplish this result the head of the pin is simply passed through the hole 4, so that the identifying part of the card will hang vertically from the horizontal portion of the pin. In this instance the cranked portion of the pin is not flattened as in the cases to be hereinafter described, since the card, like a pendulum, will normally assume a vertical position.

If the identifying part of the card 1 is to be attached to the coat 9 in a horizontal position, either the means shown in Figs. 1 and 3, or those illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, may be employed if desired. y.

VReferring to Figs. 1 and 3, there is provided in the card `1 an aperture 5 which terminates in a wide slot 6. This aperture 5 is wide enough to loosely receive the head of thepin 8,A while the slot 6 is preferably wide and rectangular to receive the lateral portion of the pin 8, which, in this instance, is horizontally iattened as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Accordingly, when the identifying part of the card is horizontally attached to the coat 9 as shown in Fig. 7, the horizontally-flattened cranked portion ofthe pin 8' may be slipped kinto the rectangular rslot 6 to rmly hold said identifying part to the coat.

f Referring to Figs. 2, 4 and', a pin 8 is shown which has a vertically flattened crank portion to fit knife-like within the narrow slot 7 after its head has been passed through the aperture 5. This slot .and pin construction likewise prevents a pin-wheel movement of the identifying part of the card when the latter is secured to the coat, thus insuringk its horizontal position onV the latter at all times. p

Y When the' card -is received by the addressee, he cutsV or tears out that part of it embraced by the lines 2 2 and 3 3. The pin 8, which'if it has already been inserted in the button-hole of his coat with its head behind the latter is given a half-turn to bring said head onthe outside of the coat. If it is now desired to suspend the cards identifying part vertically, the head of the pin 'is passed through rthe round hole 4 of the 'Y separable partrof the card, wherebyY the latter may hang downwardly from the crankedv portion of said pin, with gravity maintaining its equilibrium. However, if it is desired to attach the identifying' part of the card to the coat in a horizontal mans ner, the head of the pin 8 is slipped through the aperture 5, after which its horizontally or vertically flattened cranked-portion is forced into the wide or narrow slot that has beforehand been respectively provided to receive it. In the above instances two different pins are preferably used, one having a horizontally flattened crank-portion for use with a card havinga Wide slot, and a pin having a vertically flattened crankportion for use with a card having a narrow slot.

It is thus obvious that I have provided an identifying medium, which, after being severed from the mailing card, may be readily secured to the coat of the addressee for suspension therefrom in a horizontal or vertical position.

I do not wish to be limited to the details of construction and .arrangement herein shown and described, and any changes or modifications may be made therein within the scope of the subjoined claims.

IIaving described my invention, I claim:

1. A mailing card containing a separable part adapted to receive a name, an aperture provided in the upper middle portion of said separable part, terminating in a wide slot, and a fastening element attached within a buttonhole of the addressees coat, said element having a cranked portion adapted to be forced into said slot after the head of said element has been passed through the aperture, to firmly hold the separable part of the card in a horizontal position on the coat'of the addressee.

2. A mailing card containing a separable part adapted to receive a name, an aperture provided in the upper middle portion of said separable part, terminating in a wide rectangular slot, and a pin attached within a buttonhole of the addressees coat, said pin having a horizontally-flattened cranked portion adapted to be forced into said slot after its head has been passed through the aperture, to firmly hold the separable part of the card in a horizontal position on the coat of the addressee.

3. A mailing card containing a separable part adapted to receive a name, an aperture provided in the upper middle portion of said separable part, terminating in a narrow slot, and a fastening element attached within a buttonhole of the addressees coat, said element having a cranked portion adapted to be forced into said slot after the head of said element has been passed through said aperture, to rmly hold the separable part of the card in a horizontal position on the coat of the addressee.

4. A mailing card containing a separable part adapted to receive a name, an aperture provided in the upper middle portion of said separable part, terminating in an elongated narrow slot, and a pin attached within a button hole of the eddressees coat, seid pin In testimony whereof I have hereunto set having a vertically-hattened cranked pormy hand this 19th day of December, 1916. tion adapted to be forced knife-like into said slot after its head has been passed EDWIN G' 'PICKERING' 5 through the laperture, to rmly hold the sep- Witnesses:

arable part of the card in a horizontal po- WALTER V. SNYDER,

sition on the coat of the addressee. HOWARD S. SMITH.

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